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* ''Fatal Labyrinth''

* ''{{Diablo}}'' series, with its randomly generated dungeons and loot (not to mention the original game's single town sitting atop a giant multi-level dungeon with a MacGuffin at the bottom, straight out of ''Rogue'') is often regarded as a roguelike. ''Diablo'' itself has been so influential that ''it'' has spawned several “Diablolikes” over the years:

** ''{{Borderlands}}'' is a FirstPersonShooter, but takes a lot of inspiration from ''Diablo''.

* Adventurer mode of ''DwarfFortress''

* ''{{PokemonMysteryDungeon}}'', One of the rare few with a fairly strong plot, made even stranger since it's a ''Pokemon'' game.

* ''{{PkemonMysteryDungeon}}'', One of the rare few with a fairly strong plot, made even stranger since it's a ''Pokemon'' game.

* ''[[http://www.attnam.com/index.php IVAN]]''

* Roguelikes usually take FinalDeath to the extreme. They usually allow only a single save per character, do not allow you to quit without saving or dying, and delete that save file upon the character's death. SaveScumming is thus flatly disallowed (unless the player copies the save file, which is often considered cheating.)

* ''[[http://www.t-o-m-e.net Tales of Middle Earth]]'', although it breaks the mold with a world map, quests, and multiple dungeons. Many of its modules follow a similar pattern, including a ([[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]]) ''{{Dragonball}}''-[[SoCoolItsAwesome themed one]].

* ''[[http://www.t-o-m-e.net Tales of Middle Earth]]'', loosely. Many of its modules follow a similar pattern, including a ([[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]]) ''{{Dragonball}}''-[[SoCoolItsAwesome themed one]].

* ZettaiHeroKaizouKeikaku - By the {{Disgaea}} team.

* ZettaiHeroKaizouKeikaku - An Eastern RPG series.

* Roguelikes, especially the well-known or popular ones, have been under continual development for many years, making them extraordinarily large and complex. Many have to use both capital and lowercase letters to have enough inputs for their commands, and some go even further. Interactions are also often very intricate; TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything is named for a catchphrase among the {{NetHack}} community.

* ''FalloutNewVegas'' Hardcore Mode

* Most ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games, including the ''{{Persona}}'' subseries.

* Confounding the player's need for LevelGrinding, most Roguelikes have some kind of built-in time limit that ''requires'' the player to push on into harder content. The original Rogue, for example, [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly required you to eat food every so often or starve to death]], and it was nearly impossible to find more food on a dungeon level once you'd cleaned it out -- but going down to the next dungeon level meant fighting tougher monsters.

* Confounding the player's need for LevelGrinding, most Roguelikes have some kind of built-in time limit that ''requires'' the player to push on into harder content. The original Rogue, for example, required you to eat food every so often or starve to death, and it was nearly impossible to find more food on a dungeon level once you'd cleaned it out -- but going down to the next dungeon level meant fighting tougher monsters.

See also MultiUserDungeon ({{MUD}}) for another genre of [=RPG=] with its roots in TextAdventure games.

See also MultiUserDungeon ({{MUD}})for another genre of [=RPG=] with its roots in TextAdventure games.

See also MultiUserDungeon for another genre of [=RPG=] with its roots in TextAdventure games.

* ''{{Titan Quest}}''

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